In the Warminster chapter of The Victoria County History of Wiltshire, Volume VIII, published 1965, it is noted:
“The firm of T.H. Harraway and Son, nurserymen in Sambourne Road [Warminster] was founded in 1876; in 1963 it occupied some 20 acres of land for the production of rose and fruit trees, hedging plants, and cut flowers, and had a shop in the Market Place [Warminster].”
[Source ~ Information, T.H. Harraway and Son].
Residents at Sambourne Road, Warminster, 1936:
Miss V. Waylen. Tobacconist, etc.
Fish and Chip Shop Cafe. Proprietor E. Ball.
E. T. Long. Grocer, etc.
5 Sambourne Road. G. E. Long.
6 and 7 Sambourne Road. W. Bendall.
Miss King.
9 Sambourne Road. W. W. Talbot.
10 Sambourne Road. J. Froom.
11 Sambourne Road. J. Pearce.
12 Sambourne Road. William Potter.
13 Sambourne Road. Mrs. R. James.
14 Sambourne Road. John Hill. Shoemaker.
C. E. Bundock.
Mrs. Bundock. Dressmaker.
The Myrtles. Mrs. Barnes.
Kailana. E. C. Mills.
Bazentin. W. W. Holton.
Stapleton. F. Lovatt.
Herschel. W. House.
Nortonville. A. Hawkins.
Nortonville. Mrs. Paterhall.
Uplands. R. Breley.
Whincote. R. J. Williams.
34 Sambourne Road. F. W. H. Lucas.
35 Sambourne Road. J. Connell.
36 Sambourne Road. W. S. Payne.
37 Sambourne Road. Nurse E. L. Richens.
38 Sambourne Road. A. E. Reach.
39 Sambourne Road. A. E. Smith.
40 Sambourne Road. C. Hosey.
41 Sambourne Road. R. J. Garrett.
Sambourne House. A. H. Harraway.
Kelly’s Directory 1923 lists Miss Annie M. Beak, shopkeeper, 2 Sambourne Road, Warminster.
1922
Advertisement:
T.H. Harraway & Son, F.R.H.S.
Nurserymen, Court Florists & Seedsmen.
Specialities – Fruit trees, Roses and Herbaceous Plants.
Vicarage St. Nurseries, Warminster.
Telephone Address – Harraway, Warminster.
Nat. Telephone 32.
Nurseries at Weymouth Street and Sambourne.
Occupation Voters (other than Lodgers)
Division One –
at Sambourne Road, Warminster, 1894-1895
(Persons entitled to vote as Parliamentary Voters,
County Electors and Parochial Electors)
Name of Voter: Henry Flux.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 2 Sambourne Road.
Name of Voter: Joseph Sims.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 3 Sambourne Road.
Name of Voter: Herbert Best.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 4 Sambourne Road.
Name of Voter: James Foot.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 7 Sambourne Road.
Name of Voter: Samuel King.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 8 Sambourne Road.
Name of Voter: Benjamin Ingram.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 9 Sambourne Road.
Name of Voter: Edmund Whitmarsh.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 10 Sambourne Road.
Name of Voter: Edwin Foreman.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 11 Sambourne Road.
Name of Voter: Herbert Osborne.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 12 Sambourne Road.
Name of Voter: James Ford.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 14 Sambourne Road.
An advertisement in The Warminster Herald, Saturday 29th November 1873:
FREDERICK UDELL (Late of the Royal Horse Guards), CLIPPER AND SINGER, CORSLEY, WILTS, Most respectfully announces to the Nobility and Gentry that he has received a sound and experimental knowledge of his Profession, and humbly hopes that if any Nobleman or Gentleman having any horse or horses to be clipped or singed, he can be engaged. He has a Clipping Box in a Yard at the bottom of Sambourn Hill, Warminster, where he will be in attendance on Saturdays and Mondays. N.B. – F.C. can show testimonials (if required) of his skill.
